Nicaragua vs Costa Rica — preview

Coaches

Juan Cruz Real

Fernando Batista

Injuries & suspensions

Costa Rica

C. Núñez

Knee Injury · back 2026-10-31

injured

W. Madrigal

Knock Injury · back 2026-10-20

injured

Recent form

Nicaragua

LADominican Republic2-3

LAParaguay0-4

DASouth Africa0-0

LARussia1-3

LAHaiti0-2

Costa Rica

LHCuraçao3-4

LAEngland0-3

LAColombia1-3

LAIran0-5

DAJordan2-2

Where to watch

Fox Sports 2

Match facts

Stadium

Nicaragua National Football Stadium

City

Managua

Kickoff

02 Oct, 02:00 UTC

Competition

CONCACAF Nations League

🔮 AI-predicted lineup · 51% confidence — confirmed XI drops ~1h before kickoff

Nicaragua 5-4-1 · 4-1-4-1 Costa Rica

M. Rodríguez 6.5 5 J. Cano 6.5 19 E. Martínez 5.1 15 C. Reyes 6.2 23 Ó. Acevedo 6.7 10 R. Cole 6.6 7 B. Hernández 6.9 88 A. Arauz 6.6 14 J. Coronel 6.4 8 J. Moncada 5.3 11 J. Moreno 6.9 1 P. Sequeira 6.1 16 D. Araya 5.9 5 F. Calvo 6.8 4 J. Mitchell 6.2 5 H. Quirós 6.4 7 J. Alcócer 6.8 17 A. Soto 6.6 4 O. Galo 6.6 22 A. Murillo 6.6 17 C. Mora 7.2 9 M. Ugalde 6.9

Forecast BSD engine

Nicaragua 27%

22%

Costa Rica 51%

Who winsCosta Rica to win (DNB) 65%

1X2Costa Rica to win 51%

GoalsOver 2.5 goals 65%

BTTSBoth teams to score 62%

GoalsOver 1.5 goals 84%

CornersUnder 10.5 corners 75%

CornersUnder 8.5 corners 51%

CornersUnder 9.5 corners 63%

1X2Draw 22%

GoalsUnder 3.5 goals 57%

1X2Nicaragua to win 27%

Full odds via API →

Everything we are at least 80% sure of for this match. We publish nothing below that — across all fixtures, 86.5% of these turn out right.

Over 1.5 goals

84%

A confidence, not a tip. We do not claim these beat the bookmakers' price — the odds are short precisely because the outcome is likely.

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